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This is an excellent website, which recommends all forms of services within Norwich. It is of high quality and has been very useful in finding recommended restaurants, pubs, services etc. It also has exclusive offers for members and each month has a newsletter and competitions. Its sister site EnjoyNorthNorfolk.com is of equal standard.
The Alhambra is beautiful and really worth a visit. You can see parts of it without tickets but if you want to see the palaces and the wonderful gardens you need them.
Try and book online in advance as the queueing system for buying there is badly organised and can take hours.
This is the official site in English for buying tickets:
tinyurl.com/6hruxo
Get the NYC DOT bicycle map (download or free at bike shops). Also note DOT has information on bridge closings. Sometimes if a bridge is closed they have a free van service. Stick to the paths on the map, watch out for pedestrians, and car doors. Good luck.
www.bikeforums.net is a good source of info. See info on avoiding bike theft. Hint: get a strong U lock and take the seat post with you.
Consider buying a folding bicycle in NYC and returning with it. bfold.com, nycewheels.com and others have folding bikes. Strida would be a good bicycle for touring NYC. Dahon make very nice general purpose folding bikes. Folding bikes can usually be brought on the subway and trains. A bit iffy on crowded buses.
I often visit Paris to see friends and family etc. Whenever I do so, I try to book all museum, travel and activities tickets in advance simply because I absolutely hate queueing.
In the last couple of years I've been using this online service called Allo-france, who sell everything from metro tickets to popular show tickets (lido de paris, moulin rouge, etc).
They're quite a small company which means they are very efficient at what they do and I have had excellent feedback from them.
I really recommend to anyone who is planning on going to Paris to at least buy their metro tickets in advance as they will struggle with the French metro ticket system when they get there. One of my favourites is also the Paris museum pass which gives you access to all museums across the city. Great for managing your time.
It is the most detailed online guide about Cochabamba with tourist information, photos of sights, lists of hotels, restaurants, bars, discos, cinema, language schools, places for volunteer work, rent a car, tour agencies, etc.
This is a comprehensive guide to taking the subway in Tokyo and provides links to an English map and an online planning tool. It's very useful whether you live in Tokyo or are just planning a visit. The site also offers travel tips and reviews.
www.thetokyotraveler.com/taking-the-subway-in-tokyo-the-basics/
vntraveler.com provides updated travel warnings and safety for tourists to Vietnam plus destination guide, travel tips and answers on travel topics in Vietnam.
Many people know Spain as a tourist destination.
Many people know Spanish wines. But nearly nobody enjoys wine tourism in Spain.
There are lots of wine regions and marvellous wineries to visit. The areas where wineries are located usually offer excellent food and at budget prices. The offer is enormous.
I suggest to have a look at www.turismodevino.com or www.winetourismspain.com
This website has a good selection of hotels, b&bs and hostels to choose from in Inverness. There is also travel, attractions and shops information for Inverness.
Independent and personal travel guide from a design firm. It includes Insider Tips from a Helsinki native, recommendations, pics and links.
Information about the airport, which is undergoing an expansion process.
Smile Travel Vietnam is an online travel company based in Hanoi which offers a full range of service from visa to hotel reservations. They are receiving good comments from travel forums like Thorn Tree or Tripadvisor.
Address: No. 92, 81/24/47 Lane, Lac Long Quan Street - City: Hanoi, VIETNAM
www.smiletravelvietnam.com/
This is a website that contains all the information you need for visiting Moldova. All written by an Englishman living in Moldova.
If you enjoyed the article about burlesque and want to learn more, you can visit the blog of the New York School of Burlesque:
burlesquedaily.blogspot.com
167 Orchard St NYC
Moving to Spain, like any foreign country, can be traumatic, especially if you're single and you don't know anyone. Well, if Spain is where you're heading and you want to find some friendly faces or maybe more, you can do a lot worse than this site.
It's Spain's fastest growing online dating and friends site for people in Spain, the Canaries and the Balearics. They do a lot to prevent spammers and scammers getting through, so it should be a fairly safe and enjoyable experience. It certainly has been for me.
Lots of great web guides are written in German or English. This one is written in Danish.
On this site Danish readers will find all the information needed for a great trip to Berlin. Bring your children, your friends, your wife, your parents, yourself.
Packed with information on Cambodia including Siem Reap, this is essential reading before you get there, including the latest on the various Poipet border crossing scams.
This site covers the whole region. It is new and a little bare. But it should expand to include not only plenty of details about the region but also a comprehensive list of artisans and the like. So, if you have moved or are moving out to France - this is worthwhile bookmarking.
It's a website called 360TravelGuide.com - an interactive travel guide with a huge number of panoramic virtual tours of Ibiza and many other Spanish destinations. Great for planning a trip or for getting ideas about where to go.
Krakow is a truly beautiful city that I am lucky enough to call home.
People often refer to it as the 'new Prague' and I'm never really sure what they mean by this. It is becoming a popular stag destination but it hasn't grown to a level that overshadows the cultural and historic atmosphere that the city has. Thankfully Krakow hasn't developed the rash and mercantile tourism enterprises found in Prague either. Only time will tell how this will all work out.
Whether you are coming to Krakow on a weekend break, business trip or backpacking adventure a good all-round guide I can recommend is www.cracow-life.com which has all the information you could need. I even find it handy as expat as it lists local news, events and weather.
I think the best time to visit Krakow is in December when the Christmas market is in full swing on the main market square. It's setting in the medieval streets, with a bit of snow thrown in, is perfect for a bit of festive magic.
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